1 Chapter 4

1.1 The Living Dead…

The sun glisten against the house, spectrum crystals lay everywhere. Tomohoma and Katie both waited patiently for Marron, outside, each leaning against trees.. Marron sat quietly in the middle of the forest meditating.

"What could he possibly be doing out there? He's gone so far I can't see him." Katie questioned "He's been out there for hours. Shall I go check on him?"

"No, Marron's work is important to him, we must not disturb him."

"But what could he be working on."

"You shall know in a minute."

"What do you mean?"

Marron stood up, keeping his eyes shut, he put his hands in a perpendicular bisector to his face and swooshed them apart. A Phoenix flew directly out of his hands and away.

"Tomohoma?"

"Duck!" The bird flew straight in the direction of Katie's skull.

"AHH!" She cried. She dodged the bird as fast as she could until it flew over her head and disappeared in thin air. Katie stood back up, "I'm guessing he was working on a spell?"

"Precisely"

"I'm sorry that I almost harmed you next time I'll aim in the other direction." The both turned around to see Marron standing by a tree. He began to walk over to them.

"Tis nothing," Marron walks into the house and grabs a book from the book shelf and a quail from the table. He opens the book to a certain page and puts a check mark by a title. "What are you marking?"

"I have mastered a spell, I must move onto the next challenge."

"So those are spell books?"

"Yes," Tomohoma leaned against the doorway. Suddenly Katie hears a ruffling amongst the trees. A tense look grew over her face and she grasp her hand to the handle of her sword.

"Hmm… Shh!"

"What is it?"

"Silence," they all stood quietly, Katie walked slowly outside and stared at the branches of the trees. "HUH?!" She jumps quickly out of the way as a dagger flinches out of the sky and into the ground where Katie had been standing. She pulls her sword out quickly and jumps up to chop a branch off of the tree. "YAHHH!" The tree branch fell rapidly to the ground and a man jumps off before the tree branch can even land. The man had red eyes and midnight blue messy hair with a red diamond shaped ruby on his forehead. Marron stood in shock. How come I couldn't since his life energy? Marron thought. "WHO ARE YOU!" Katie cried. The man just smirked and lashed his sword at her. Cling cling cling the swords smashed together horribly. Katie fought as hard as she could, but the man pinned her down well she fought to keep her ground. Sweat drops ran from her fore head well thrusting her sword against his "MARRON! FREEZE HIM!"

"I can't he has no life force!"

"WHAT!" She kept thrusting his sword against his, the man was in the perfect position to slice her neck if her sword were to move. I have to do something. I can't just sit here. Katie thought. The man grabs a dagger from his pocket with his free hand and begins to lash down the dagger aiming for her chest. "Argg, GO BACK TO HELL YOU DEMON!" kicking him off with all her strength. She jumps back up onto her feet and lashes her sword at him. Cling cling the swords thrashed horribly again, "YYYAAAHHH!" She cries well she kneels down swooping her leg around his and pinning him to the ground. "DIE!" as she thrusts her sword straight for his neck and stops right at his neck. The tip of her sword lay on his neck. "Tell me who you are and who sent you!" The man smirked and slowly went to a laugh.

"WHAT THE HELL IS SO FUNNY!" Katie yelled well the man kept laughing "SPEAK!" lowering the blade a bit closer to his throat

"Shouldn't you be worried of other matters."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?! ANSWER ME!" Tipping the blade a bit closer to his neck well out of anger. The man smirked.

"You can not kill what is already dead, but you can hurt and kill those who have a heart beat."

"What?" The ruby on his forehead flashed an enormous light blinding her.

"AHH!" She steps back several feet trying to regain her sight.

"Katie!" Marron cried, the man gets up and punches her across the face.

"How does it feel!" he punches her in the stomach and then again the face. Katie falls to the ground dropping her sword.

"AH!" She yells as blood comes streaming out of her mouth. A puddle of blood lay on the ground in front of her well her hand feels around for her sword. The man walks over to her and launches his arms up high with his sword in his hands

"DIE!" As he begins to thrust it down aiming for her back. When suddenly just before the sword gets smashed into her back he stops with a tense look and jumps out of the way.

The dagger that the man had thrown to the ground was now stuck on a tree in front of them.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" Trowa yelled, he pulls out another dagger and threw it at him again as the man jumps out of the way.

"Hmm… Reinforcements, I'll be back but when I do I shall kill ALL OF YOU!" He throws part of his black cloak over his face and disappears into thin air. Trowa, Marron, and Tomohoma all ran over to Katie.

"Katie, are you ok?" Trowa kneeled down.

"Thanks Trowa," Trowa blushed a bit. "I'm fine, but I'm afraid my sight is not." She looks up at them grinding her teeth well she opens her eyes slowly.. Her sight began to turn back to normal with agony. "You cannot kill those who are already dead?"

"What?" Marron asked

"That's what he said before he blinded me with that hideous light." She begins to stand up with the help of Trowa and Tomohoma on each side. Katie looks up to the sky as a few crows passed. "Already dead?"

A puff of smoke appears as the man that attacked Katie appeared in his black cloak. He stook in the middle of a dark room with a man in a black thrown. The man kneeled down to bow

"Lord Genity, I have word to bring."

"Speak Tarlean," Genity was a man with brown long hair and deceiving brown eyes. He wore a black cloak, the same type of cloak that Death wore himslf.

"I have found your enemy, Marron by tracing his magic."

"No, there were three others with him. I didn't have a the chance."

"What?"

"I'm sorry my lord, but a mortal attacked me. I possiably couldn't get close to him."

"A mortal? THIS IS WHO STOPPED YOU?!"

"This was no ordinary human."

"How so?"

"She was stronger than a regular mortal. I came close, but."

"But what?!"

"Another man came out of no where and attacked me."

"Do you know who it was?"

"No," Genity smirked.

"Very good Tarlean. So Marron has gone into hiding and in a most obvious place." He stared at Tarlean for a few seconds "Such a weakling. Not being able to fight off two mortals. I thought you were stronger then that."

"But sir please."

"SILENCE!" Your fate is controlled by me I can always kill more an control them."

"But sir."

"SILENCE! A zombie! That's all you are!,"

"Sir wait!"

"No more!" he swooshed his hand infront of his face and Tarlean's body was covered in flames.

"AHHHH!!!" He cried as he fell to the ground screaming.

"NOBODY FAILS ME! I shall destroy the four of them myself."

"AHHH!!!!" As he burned up into resting corps. No longer a zombie nor a human…

"Marron, I shall kill you before the good has a chance to win."

Marron sat his desk well looking through some books with Katie standing right next to them.

"he said you can not kill those who don't have a heart beat, but you can harm and kill those that do. Do you have any idea what that means?"

"I'm afraid I don't."

"What could possibly be dead and walking?" Tomohoma questioned.

"I'm afraid this is this is Genity's work."

"Are you sure?" Katie turned around with a shock look

"Yes," Marron turns to a certain page in a green thick book, "The Zombie." Marron point to the title.

"The Zombie? What on Earth is a zombie." Marron put on his reading glasses

"It says it was created by the dark magics several thousands of years ago. It says that a sorcerer that attains this ability has the power resurrect the dead and use them as slaves. As long as the sorcerer killed that person."

"That's hidious!"

"Resurrect? The souls don't even have a chance to rest." Tomohoma face grew tense.

"As long as they are living zombies, Genity has complete control, until he feels they should be burned. The living dead are much like you and me, but a heartbeat does not exist and they are controled."

"That monster!" Katie tensing her face and grinding her teeth. "We have to stop him!"

"That's the problem!" Katie turned to Tomohoma's eyes "Were not sure if we hae the strength to beat him. Genity is a powerful wizard, you must never under estimate him! He's killed millions and enslaved thousands for entertainment. Marron was just lucky to come out of the fight with his flesh attached." Katie just starred at Tomohoma for a few seconds.

"I do not under estimate him at all if that's what you think, but a man of such hell cannot live in this world. He can live in the burning hells of Pluto for all I care, but not here! Not with millions of souls in danger!" Katie pulls out her sword and points the tip and Tomohoma and lays the tip of the blade on Tomohoma's chest. "The flames of god's strength, piercing Lucifer's flesh, shall be the down fall of evil and the angles awaken rejoice." Katie went walking out of the house.

"But." Marron put an arm in front of Tomohoma before he could argue with her.

"Leave her alone."

"But."

"Nomore, she shall fight for good. If she truly does it for that then I'm sure god shall help her." I know your planning your attack Genity… I shall find away to not let you win… Let the ides of war rain upon the Earth as men's blood, as the final battle shall soon begin. The Moon Light Sword is the gift from god you will not capture.